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Free: Oxford Book of Carols (Berry Lane Estate WD3) Gifted 1954 edition which belonged to an aunt of mine, who left all her sheet/book music to me. Good condition. Interestingly, it does not contain some of the standard, hackneyed ones - no O Come All Ye Faithful, Hark the Herald, Once in Royal, presumably because the authors assumed you'd have that music elsewhere. I also have another book of Christmas music which does contain these carols. (1956 edition). Both include many lesser known and more unusual carols. (Anyone know Farmers' Carol and Workers' Carol, both by Paul Petrocokino??) By the way, if anyone is interested in looking at any of the other music, it's for piano solo, duet, one or two pianos, organ, choirs, lots of church stuff, solo songs going back into the 1800s.....

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Free: Maths Text-books (Berry Lane Estate WD3) Gifted I have a large quantity of Maths textbooks collected during a teaching career which finished nearly 20 years ago. They are for secondary pupils, going up to O-level/GCSE and to A-level. Although not aligning with current syllabi, I imagine that the content hasn't changed greatly; any surplus topics could act as enrichment for an enthusiastic pupil. You would need to see them and make a selection; I don't expect one person to take them all!

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Free: Old Vinyl records - classical (Berry Lane Estate WD3) Gifted Note these are all classical but contain some famous names - Klemperer, Barenboim, box set of St Matthew Passion, Beethoven piano concertos and symphonies etc

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Free: Newspapers (Berry Lane Estate WD3) Expired I have dozens of old newspapers saved from recycling in case anyone can use them. Any takers?

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Free: Dressing Gown (Berry Lane Estate WD3) Expired Lands End classify this as a "towelling bath robe". (). It's navy blue, size S. I wanted a cotton, warm dressing gown but I found this rather heavy and preferred something with buttons. (If you can't find it on the website, it's a wrap-type.) It has been used and my cat has pulled some threads, I'm afraid.

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Request: 6-pint plastic milk bottles (Berry Lane Estate WD3) Received If anyone uses these, could you save some from the recycling, please? I use them for collecting "run-off" water and also rain water from the butts. Now that I have a back problem, I can't carry the 5-litre ones which I have also used in the past.

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Free: Pressure Cooker (for use on a gas hob) (Berry Lane Estate WD3) Expired This is old, need not be used with the weights, the pan is large (8 inch, probably about 4.5 litres) and holds three separate containers, two perforated, so you can cook/steam three items separately in the same water, surely an economy. However, the base is not flat enough to use on an electric plate so it needs a gas hob. The pan can be used on its own, of course, without the separators or the weights; I think my husband last used it for jam making. Used with the weights, there is some leakage but it still shortens cooking time (I tested it with green lentils) by a considerable amount.

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Free: Jug (Berry Lane Estate WD3) Expired Plastic, American so marked in quarts, full volume about 2 litres. Old, has been used in the wine-making process, I think, so has some marks on the outside and age-related yellowing on the inside. Has been useful because of its size but now I'm trying to clear some clutter!

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Free: Old pressure cooker (Berry Lane Estate WD3) Expired One for use on a gas hob. It leeks a bit, perhaps needs a new rubber ring, but I've still used it satisfactorily. It will cook green lentils in about 2.5 minutes, with already boiling water. It has dividers so you can cook more than one item, or it could simply be used as a large saucepan. About 21cm diameter, 13cm deep.

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Free: Egg Boxes (Berry Lane Estate WD3) Gifted I have 20 egg boxes (for 6 eggs); can anyone use them, if not for eggs, then for craft projects, perhaps?

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